Pirate Bay joins the axis of evil?

Pirate Bay’s claims to have joined the axis of evil and operate from servers based in North Korea have turned out to be a gag.

Pirate Bay says it was 'persecuted for beliefs of freedom' and it has had to set up shop in North Korea, but analysts say site is still likely being routed through Europe. According to the Guardian Pirate Bay said Pyonyang had invited it to use its network and the site has, in return, altered its sea ship logo to bear the North Korean flag.

Tracking searches conducted by a number of tech websites proved that the site was telling porkies. To be fair the Pirate Bay did not exactly say it was being hosted in North Korea, it just dropped a big hint. Sister sites in Norway and Spain are definitely providing internet service to the company rather than the North Koreans.

No doubt the North Koreans would not mind hosting Pirate Bay if it angered the US, but we doubt they have been seriously asked. Besides it is unlikely to want to want to censor the site, which sort of defeats the point.